On 21.04.2009 23:54 Uhr, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 21.04.2009 23:45, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Author: stepan
>> Date: 2009-04-21 23:45:11 +0200 (Tue, 21 Apr 2009)
>> New Revision: 4155
>>
>> Added:
>> trunk/coreboot-v2/documentation/codeflow.svg
>> trunk/coreboot-v2/documentation/hypertransport.svg
>> Removed:
>> trunk/coreboot-v2/documentation/codeflow.eps
>> trunk/coreboot-v2/documentation/hypertransport.eps
>> Modified:
>> trunk/coreboot-v2/documentation/LinuxBIOS-AMD64.tex
>> trunk/coreboot-v2/documentation/Makefile
>> Log:
>> Update to this very old document
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <[email protected]>
>> Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for updating this!
>
> I reviewed the commit and have a few minor comments. Would you mind
> addressing them?
Ok, another try.
>> The \texttt{driver} keyword adds an object file to the driver section of a
>> -LinuxBIOS image. This means it can be used by the PCI device
>> +coreboot�image. This means it can be used by the PCI device
>>
>>
>
> The character after coreboot looks strange. Intentional?
>
>
fixed
>> -There used to be one image type for LinuxBIOS, as described above. Since
>> this paper was written (2004) there have been many changes. First, the name
>> +There used to be one image type for coreboot, as described above. Since
>> this paper was written (2004) there have been many changes. First, the name
>> was changed to coreboot, for many reasons. Second, Ying-Hai Liu, then of
>> AMD, now of Sun, added Cache As Ram support (CAR) for many AMD CPUs, which
>> both simplified and complicated things. Simplification came with the removal
>> of romcc; complication came with the addition of new ways to build.
>>
>>
>
> I thought his name is Yinghai Lu, not Ying-Hai Liu.
>
Absolutely. I removed the name all together, since we didn't mention
authors for other subsystem parts, either.
>>
>> \begin{itemize}
>> - \item { \small
>> -
>> \textit{\url{http://www.linuxnetworx.com/products/linuxbios_white_paper.pdf}}
>>
>>
>
> Do we have a copy of that doc anywhere?
Not me.
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